# The best German Christmas baking

The cookies and stollen baked in German kitchens during Advent, according to Wikipedia, EatSmarter (Germans' favourite cookies) and Christmas guides.

- 17 votes · 12 items
- Nov 16, 2024 · doener_schwaebisch
- https://even.best/en/l/598/the-best-german-christmas-baking

## Top 10

1. **Dresdner Christstollen** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Germany's oldest Christmas speciality, yeast bread with raisins and butter, PGI.
2. **Vanillekipferl** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Crumbly nut-dough crescents rolled warm in vanilla sugar.
3. **Butterplätzchen** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Cut-out butter cookies iced and decorated by children.
4. **Aachener Printen** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Hard gingerbread with rock sugar, PGI.
5. **Spekulatius** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Spiced biscuits pressed with picture moulds, from the Rhineland.
6. **Pfeffernüsse** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Small round spiced cookies with icing.
7. **Spitzbuben** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Crumbly sandwich cookies with red jam.
8. **Nürnberger Lebkuchen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spiced gingerbread on wafers with nuts, Elisenlebkuchen being the top grade, PGI.
9. **Bethmännchen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Frankfurt marzipan pastries with three almond halves.
10. **Springerle** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Embossed anise biscuits from Baden-Württemberg.
11. **Kokosmakronen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Coconut and egg white macaroons.
12. **Zimtsterne** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Swabian almond-cinnamon stars with meringue glaze, from the 17th century.

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